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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 627.703 EAN: 9781844155651 Edition: New title ISBN: 184415565X Label: Pen & Sword Maritime Manufacturer: Pen & Sword Maritime Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: June 21, 2007 Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime Studio: Pen & Sword Maritime Related Items:
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 Rating: - The complete story of Admiralty Salvage over it's first 80 years.As a shipwreck historian, I encounter many tales of lost vessels and attempts to recover all or part after they have either run aground or been sunk. Not least amongst these stories are tales of war and the recovery of ships (and aircraft) with which the Admiralty has an interest. In this book, author Tony Booth gives the most complete account of salvage as directed by the Admiralty since it's very inception in 1906 right up to the present day. It is a fine work and one which will be of great interest to any person engaged in diving shipwrecks and the history of British official naval salvage. To cite just two examples; The full story of HMS Montagu (a 14,000 ton state-of-the-art Duncan class battleship which ran aground on Lundy Island in 1906) reveals how this ship was needlessly lost despite the best efforts of the man placed in charge of her recovery. Elsewhere, a complete account of the loss of RMS Laurentic and her cargo of gold is relived in vivid fashion. Like so many other stories in this excellent work, they are both quite incredible. Although I would have preferred to find more than the thirty black and white photographs which are found together in the middle of the book, it did not spoil my enjoyment of this, altogether first class account of a specific area of salvage - through times of peace and war which included two world wars and two Gulf Wars to name but four. NM  Try searching the Internet for "Admiralty Salvage in Peace & War 1906-2006: 'Grope, Grub and Tremble'" or Ebay for "Admiralty Salvage in Peace & War 1906-2006: 'Grope, Grub and Tremble'". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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